street lights in east king street

I've never seen anything like it--street lights in east king street! 

I've seen utility poles in the sidewalk before. unfortunately there are many of these in strasburg--including east king street. but, I've never before seen street light poles located in the street. amazing!

why didn't they narrow east king street down to 22 ft. wide (or less) and put the street lights and utility poles behind the curbs as is customary? I know that east king street is narrow, but the speed limit is 25 mph and 10 or 11 ft. lanes may have even helped to calm traffic. because the traffic signal at the intersection with massanutten street is a separate phase for each movement, the separate right turn lane from east king to north massanutten could have been eliminated. 

so, what's the mission of the town? to accommodate large tractor-trailer trucks through old town? or to preserve a historic district that is attractive to strasburg residents, strasburg businesses and tourists? 

the sprawling intersection at king and massanutten doesn't handle tractor-trailer trucks well now. one solution would be to return the intersection to a conventional old town configuration--one lane in each direction for each of its four legs with NO separate turn lanes--with sidewalks, and street lights and utility poles located behind the sidewalks, as is customary. 

it's a matter of choice. what does the town prefer? a sprawling intersection that doesn't work well now? or an intersection that's more consistent with the character of a historic district? there are multiple solutions--one may be that the companies that service factories and businesses in strasburg with tractor-trailer trucks may need to use smaller trucks. 

in any event, 10 or 11 ft. wide lanes without obstructions is better than putting street light poles in the street.